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WALTHAM, Mass. – Brandeis University softball sophomore Marysa Massoia (Feeding Hills, Mass./Suffield Acad.) delivered a two-run pinch-hit single in the bottom of the fifth inning, just before umpires called the game because of snow – giving the Judges a 4-2 win over visiting Case Western Reserve in the first-ever University Athletic Association contest played on campus at Brandeis.

HOW IT HAPPENED – EARLY INNINGS

The game was a pitcher's duel through the first four innings, with Brandeis rookie Scottie Todd (Tampa, Fla./Strawberry Crest) and CWRU senior Annie Wennerberg (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake) working in and out of trouble.

Each team left runners in scoring position throughout the first four frames.

In the second, Wennerberg got back-to-back strikeouts to strand Todd at third after she doubled to lead off the inning and was bunted to third.

In the top of the fourth, the Spartans loaded the bases with one out, but Todd got back-to-back grounders to third base, including a force at home, to escape damage.

HOW IT HAPPENED – TOP OF THE FIFTH

The visitors finally broke through in the top of the fifth.

With one away, Todd hit a batter.

Sophomore shortstop Nicole Doyle (Mount Vernon, Ohio/Mount Vernon) followed with a single to the hole in short.

Junior 2B Maren Waldner (Redondo Beach, Calif./Chadwick) followed with a hard single to center that drove in the first run.